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Well, if the walls aren't all the way up yet, I'd just pick a closet where you could throw up a 19 inch telecom rack and stuff a patch panel in with enough ports to run one or two to every room (it's usually pretty easy to find RJ45 sockets that are integrated in to electrical face plates or similiar). Then simply wire the house with a cable or three to each room (numbered and labelled of course) and stuff a twenty-four port hub or something in next to the patch panel.
If you plan it right, you can even get a small rack-mountable PC in the closet and a DSL modem or something... install your firewall on the PC and hook it up to the DSL line and away you go. APC makes some pretty nice rack mountable UPS' as well.
You can even grab another machine or three (rack mountable, of course) and run a webserver or three... *shrug* DON'T forget the ventilation fans, though... the more machines you get in to that cramped space, the more you'll surely need it (you might even need to look in to AC for the closet, depending).
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Originally posted here by VictorKaum
clonetheplanet >>> I do not have a clue what 5000+ square feet is... we count in square meters overhere, but it sounds very big. If you really have such a giant house, you also have lot's of money ;) therefor you can afford a contractor do your wiring and place outlets in every room. And since your house is a giant one you can consider fiber optics... that would be very cool and very expensive too ;)
lol, yea it is a farley hudge house but i think i would prefer to do the wiring on my own. i am talking a cisco class right now and an in my 2nd semester, and it's pretty fun, we get to wire little demo dry wall and stuff like that, and get to use all the tools, like the "woorly gig"(thats probably the coolest word), punch down tool,crimpers etc. so it's a great class. i would encourage people to take it.
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victorkaum...thanks for clearing that up for me.im still just learning about networking and pretty much just security in general. i am hoping to set up my own little ghetto network soon to mess around with.. its just a matter of finding some little crappy computers for cheap(or free) and setting them up
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destined 2 fail >>> no prob. We are here to help each other :)
clonetheplanet >>> you have a class were they teach you how to crimp connectors?
cool. I had to learn all those things on my own or on the workfloor.
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I was just talking to a Window teacher here at work (hes one of the coolest windows guys I know) He just finished Building his garage and put in friggin fiber optic.....damn thats tight
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Well being a new house means inspectors permits all that stuff. Low voltage cert is needed most you can do without a cert is rough in. Cat 5 is the standard and use it with the telephone system as well. As far as outlets and RJ-45 Cat5, Home Depot has all of it. Then the patch panel 24 maybe 48 this must be on a rack either wall or floor mounted, I'd go with a unmanaged switch Nortel, LinkSys, D-Links 24 port from about $275 or so, chance of a loopback in a home system is nill to none so no need for a managed switch. Check your ISP, cable, DSL make sure you can even run a router without getting on the bad side of the TOS, matter of fact most TOS say you cannot run a server on home connects and they are getting hard on this from Nimda and code red. Suggest a cabel dsl modem with nat programable so the modem is the only thing they see. Ok TOS did not say a thing about this LOL detail. In short pull the wire, punch it down and have the telephone guy check stand there during the inspectors visit to sign it off.
